Cheepurupalli

Cheepurupalli
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Cheepurupalli Location of Cheepurupalli in Andhra Pradesh and India
Coordinates	18°18′00″N 83°34′00″E / 18.3000°N 83.5667°E / 18.3000; 83.5667Coordinates: 18°18′00″N 83°34′00″E / 18.3000°N 83.5667°E / 18.3000; 83.5667
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District(s)	Vizianagaram
Population	60,000(2,001)
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 83 metres (272 ft)
Codes • Pincode • 535 128 • Telephone • +91 08952

Cheepuru-palli or Chipuru-palle[also known Chipurupalli or Cheepurupally] (Telugu: చీపురుపల్లి) is a rural town and Mandal in the Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh, India.^[1]

Geography

Chipurupalle has an average elevation of 87 meters (285.4 feet). Cheepurupalli is one of the most developed town in vizianagaram district.

Chipurupalli is the commercial center for the 4 mandals and their respective villages. It is the main railway station center for 8 mandals in vizianagaram and srikakulam district.

Education

Chipurupalli is one of the most developed towns of Vizianagaram District in education. It has separate government Hi-schools for boys and girls and has five government elementary schools within the city. It has one Govt. Degree College, one Govt. Intermediate College and many private colleges and schools.One B.Ed College also available beside STATE BANK OF INDIA. Saint Theressa Institute of Technology is one Engineering College in Chipurupalli and at a distance of 6km from Chipurupalli center. It also has MBA, MCA and polytechnic courses.

Demography

Cheepurupalli mandal has 58,000 population in 2001. Males consists of 29,036 and females 28,964 of the population. The average literacy rate is 52%, less than the national average of 59.5%. Male literacy rate is 63% and that of females 41%. Changed to Municipality in 2003 and later re changed to Major Panchayat by some political conflicts. In Chipurupalli town, Anjaneyapuram, G.Agraharam and Vangapillipeta considered as rural areas and remaining Chipurupalli town area is urban area according to 2011 census.

Features

• Cheepurupalli Railway station is located on Howrah-Chennai mainline in Waltair division of East Coast Railway, Indian Railways.
• Rural Electrification Cooperative Society provides the electricity in this region.
• It houses the Ferro Manganese plant, which provides a source of employment for the residents.
• Andhra Bank and State Bank of India and also other banks has branches at Cheepurupalli.
• There are post offices at Cheepurupalli and Mettapalli.
• Gurajada Apparao, a famous historical poet studied his education in Chipurupalli for about 10 years.
• Kaspa Street is one of the oldest and historical streets in Chipurupalli. Gurajada Apparao lived in this street.
• The major streets in Chipurupalli are Anjaneyapuram, Kaspa Street, Kotta Gavidi Street, G.Agraharam, Kotta Agraharam etc.
• Lecturer's colony and Vijay Colony are the streets with graduates.
• District level and State level competitions are held in Chipurupalli.

Temples

• There are many temples in Chipurupalli.
• One of the famous temples is Sri Kanaka Mahalakshmi temple.
• There are two siva temples.
• There are venkateswara, santoshi matha, kota durga, santhana lakshmi, anjaneya, sai baba etc temples are there.
• Utsavas for Sri kanaka Mahalakshmi temple are held in every year in the months of february or march.

Assembly constituency

Cheepurupalli is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. It consists of Cheepurupalli, Garividi, Merakamudidam, Gurla mandals.

List of Members of Legislative Assembly:^[2]

• 1951 - Thaddi Chinna Atchanaidu and Pothula Gunnaiah.^[3]
• 1955 - K. Punnaiah and M. Satyanarayana Raju
• 1962 - K. Sanyasappala Naidu
• 1967 - T. Rama Rao
• 1972 - R. Paidapu Naidu
• 1978 - Chigilipalli Shyamala Rao
• 1983 - Tripurana Venkata Ratnam
• 1985 - Kemburi Ramamohan Rao
• 1989 - Tankala Saraswathamma
• 1994 - Gadde Babu Rao
• 1999 - Gadde Babu Rao
• 2004 - Botcha Satyanarayana
• 2009 - Botcha Satyanarayana

How can it be reached

• Cheepurupalli is connected with railway network.
• It can be reached by a journey of two hours by road from Visakhapatnam and one hour from Vizianagaram.
• Vishaka Express have stop in Cheepurupalli. The train originates from Bhubaneswar To Hyderabad.
• East CoastExpress have stop in Cheepurupalli. The train originates from Howrah To Hyderabad.
• Prasanthi Express have stop in Cheepurupalli. The train originates from Bhubaneswar To Bangalore.
• Chennai Howrah Mail Express have stop in Cheepurupalli. The train originates from Howrah To Chennai.
• Intercity Express have stop in Cheepurupalli. The train originates from Bhubaneswar to Visakhapatnam.
• Hirakhand Express have stop in Cheepurupalli. The train originates from Bhubaneswar To Koraput.
• Palasa To Vishakapatnam Passenger daily 2 times have stop in Cheepurupalli. The train originates from Palasa To Visakhapatnam.
• It is nearest to GMR Engineering college (Rajam,srikakulam dist) it can reached by bus within half an hour

Revenue Villages and Panchayats

There are 32 revenue villages and 17 village panchayats in Cheepurupalli mandal.^[4]

• Alajangi (village and panchayat)
• Anjaneyapuram (village)
• Aridivalasa (village)
• Bhoolokapati Varakattu or B. P. Varakattu (village)
• Cheepurupalli (panchayat and mandal headquarters)
• China Nadipalli (village)
• Devarapodilam (village and panchayat)
• Gatchalavalasa (village)
• Gollala Mulagam (village and panchayat)
• Gollala Palem (village and panchayat)
• G.Agraharam or Gulivindada Agraharam (Major Village and 5th MPTC ward and Panchayati of Cheepurupalli)
• Gunidam (village)
• Itakarlapalli (village and panchayat)
• Karakam (village and panchayat)
• Karlam (village and panchayat)
• Mettapalli (village and panchayat)
• Nimmalavalasa (village and panchayat)
• P. S. Laxmipuram or Purushothama Swamivari Laxmipuram (village)
• Parla (village and panchayat)
• Palavalasa or Pathikaya Palavalasa (village and panchayat)
• Pathikayavalasa (village and panchayat)
• Peda Nadipalli (village and panchayat)
• Peripi (village and panchayat)
• Pothayyavalasa (village)
• Purreyavalasa (village)
• Ramalingapuram (village and panchayat)
• Ravivalasa (village and panchayat)
• Sankupalem (village)
• Sivarampuram (village)
• Sumitrapuram (village)
• Viswanadhapuram (village)
• Viziarampuram (village)

References

1. ^ "Mandals in Vizianagaram district". http://vizianagaram.ap.nic.in/DistrictProfile.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-26. 
2. ^ Election Commission of India 1978-2004 results
3. ^ Election Commission of India.Madras Assembly results.1951
4. ^ Details of Andhra Pradesh till Village Panchayat Tier

External links

• MSN Map